he is sort of a bull in a china shop here. >> i wrote, if i may quote myself, that he was not going to win senator congeniality, any awards, including from his republican colleagues, but i don't think he cares. he has the traditional way to come into the senate is a little low-key, keep your head down. this is not the cruz way. he is not on cruise control. >> you covered the senate a long time before you started writing a column. the same stuff being written about ted cruz, wasn't it written about rick santorum in the 1995? >> yeah, that's a good analogy. >> and look where it got him. >> it depends on what your goal is. if your goal is to get something done in the senate, it may not be the best way to achieve that goal. if your goal is to push your agenda and perhaps coincidentally or not, push yourself, it might be pretty effective. >> what do you make of cruz? what's interesting to me is all the senators that are, on one hand, they whisper that they don't like how aggressive this guy is being, including republicans. but, boy, they all want to say, go, ted cruz. marco rubio tweeted, t